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CogsParrot
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Failure to resolve billing issue

Hi,

I switched my package to Essential Broadband Plus on 03/02/2024, at a rolling monthly cost of £20/month. I was contacted via email in December 2024, stating that my discounted rate would expire after 12 months, and that I needed to confirm that I was still receiving Universal credit via web chat. I did this on 07/01/25, and the agent confirmed that my discounted package would continue at the same rate for another 12 months. However, by bill for February showed that I had been moved off the discount, and charged a package change fee of £5.87, with a new broadband fee of £28. I called customer support on the morning of 01/02/25, and they agreed to adjust my bill back to £20. This did not happen. I went through the web chat once again, and they again confirmed that I was now on the discounted rate of £20. I have screenshots of the web chat to prove this. However, after these 3 attempts to keep my package as it was, all of which were confirmed at the time, my bill for this month still shows £33.87. I am at my wits end here. It's like they are agreeing to resolve things, but then doing absolutely nothing. Perhaps the next stage is to lodge a complaint.

  • Hi CogsParrot,

    Welcome back to our forums and thank you for our first posts. Sorry to hear you are having issues with renewing your Essential broadband package. Here, we are unable to best help with changes to essential broadband. Typically you would renew as seen here. We can however take a look into what happened on the account. Please keep an eye out for an envelope at the top right corner of your Forum page. Let me know if you have any issues locating this.

    Thanks,

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  • Hi CogsParrot,

    Welcome back to our forums and thank you for our first posts. Sorry to hear you are having issues with renewing your Essential broadband package. Here, we are unable to best help with changes to essential broadband. Typically you would renew as seen here. We can however take a look into what happened on the account. Please keep an eye out for an envelope at the top right corner of your Forum page. Let me know if you have any issues locating this.

    Thanks,

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      Akua_A
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      CogsParrot Glad to have been able to help. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any further help :)